Thursday, June 23, 2011

Share EdHeads.org with all your STEM friends!

Share EdHeads.org with all your STEM friends!: "

Edheads, is a free nonprofit organization located in central Ohio, providing free, educational online games focused on science, math, and critical thinking. And their standards-aligned sims, designed for grades 2 through 12 and beyond, reinforce and inspire STEM-type learning. Share these with science, tech, and math teachers before they leave for summer break!





Each simulation delivers engaging interactive video background content and immerses learners into authentic, state-of-the-art career scenarios. Participants can print activity sheets along the way that allow them to record observations, data, and reflections as they might in a professional setting. Each activity comes with a Teacher’s Guide, glossary, and printables. Written transcripts appear below the video screens. The site also features a variety of career choice profiles.





The following activities are currently available:





































































































































Activity TitleGrade LevelTopics Covered
Simple Machines2-6Identification of simple and compound machines.
The Compound Machine2-6Compound machines, understanding/predicting forces.
Weather4-9Weather symbols, predict the weather.
Design a Cell Phone5-8Engineering design, charts and graphs, careers.
Deep Brain Stimulation7-12+Anatomy of the brain, Parkinson’s, careers.
Virtual Knee Surgery7-12+Anatomy of the knee, bones, careers.
Choose the Prosthetic7-12+Critical thinking, anatomy of the knee.
Virtual Hip Replacement7-12+Anatomy of the hip, careers.
Virtual Hip Resurfacing7-12+Anatomy of the hip, careers.
Crash Scene9-12+Forensics, physics, trigonometry, critical thinking, careers.
Create a Stem Cell Line10-12+Stem cell basics, vocabulary.
Stem Cell Transplant10-12+Current application of stem cells, new research.
Stem Cell Heart Repair10-12+New research with stem cells, evaluating research.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

YouTube Copyright Video

I found this on a blog that I read (http://mrsjgarcia.blogspot.com/). And I wanted to share it. :)


www.copyrightkids.org/
-mrs. w-

Friday, May 6, 2011

Follett Challenge

Monday we did the photo shoot for the Follett Challenge! Thanks to Daniel Hull Photography for helping out with the filming. The video is due June 1. We will be showing the video once it is done. :)


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Favorite websites

Hey,
Add your favorite websites and why you like them in the comments section. :)

thanks,
-mrs w-

National LIBRARY month

April is National Library Month. Just thought you should know. :)

-mrs w-

Digital Safety

Digital Safety- what does it mean to you and how do you make sure you are digitally safe?

-mrs w-

Tech Club

Good afternoon Wednesday Tech Club (and anyone else reading this),

We are going to start today with some information gathering. I want each of you to add a comment answering most of these questions. Then read through the other comments and write down what comes to your mind.

How do you use technology in your daily lives?
What do you want to learn about technology?
What do you find the coolest about technology?
What is most frusterating about technology?
How would you like to use techonology in school?
What do you want to get out of Tech Club?

Add any other questions in your comments. :)

Thanks,
-mrs w-

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Tyson's Voki

Tyson created a cool Voki at http://www.voki.com/. It is all about returning your overdue library books!
 
Tyson will you please tell the audiance all about Voki?
its awesome and its very  fun! i luve it and you will too.
 
 
 

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Suggestions

Please add suggestions here!

Adding music and changing the background were already suggested :)

-mrs. w-

Digital Born

Okay, so all of my wonderful students have had technology in their lives since the day you were born. I have a few tech questions for you... These will help me get a better understanding of how to help you and what to teach the teachers :)



Define technology?
What do they think technology is really good for?
What do they wish adults who were born analog knew about technology?
What do you do when you are on the internet in your free time?
What are your three favorite sites to look at?
How do you use facebook?



Add any others that you think I should have had on this list :)

-mrs. w-

Henry

Henry is my new HERO! He fixed one of the computers. The screen was sideways and he googled the solution!

Thanks Henry,

-mrs.w-

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Tickets to Reading Rewards!

So far we have GREAT participation with this program.

We have:
131 students who have read 5 books (book bag).
61 students who have read 10 books (medal).
21 students who have read 15 books (water bottle).
3 students who have read 20 books (basketball hoop).
a few students have read 25, but the watch is back ordered. So they will get their prize soon!


This program runs through April so KEEP READING!!!!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

ONLINE BOOK CLUB

What do you think?
How would we do it?
Help!

If you want to sign up, there is a sign up sheet next to the lost and found box in the library.

-mrs w-

Upcoming stuff`

Hey,

The book fair is the week of parent teacher conferences- March 22-25. Or the week after Spring Break!!!

Also, if you are reading the Gateway or Truman books, we need to vote soon. I will set up a lunch for us in early March! So far we have SEVEN people who have read at least 3 of the books! I'm thinking pizza for lunch! Or MCD's was suggested!

Currently I am reading a book about Wikis and Blogs and The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (So is Constance).

Happy Reading,

-mrs. w-

Friday, February 18, 2011

BW Library

Hello Brittany Woods Community,

Welcome to the wonderful world of Blogging! I attended the METC conference in St. Charles this week and I am super excited to start using all of the cool toys that I learned about! I will be telling you about some of them here and on my wiki (once I get it working right).

This will be our place to talk about books and share the wonderful things happening in the library at BW. So the first question--- What are you reading and why? Do you like it?

Second question--- What kinds of stuff would be helpful on this site?

Thanks and have a great weekend!

-mrs. w-